title: [A case of ulcerative colitis following smoking cessation].
abstract: A 59-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of watery diarrhea and bloody stool lasting for a month. The patient had been a habitual smoker, smoking 25 cigarettes/day for 35 years. However, he had recently stopped smoking since a giant bulla in the left lung had been found. One month after discontinuing smoking, the patient's symptoms appeared. Colonoscopic examination demonstrated granulated mucosa, edema, and diminished vascular pattern were over the entire colon. Endoscopic and histological findings were compatible with the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. We reported a case of ulcerative colitis that developed after smoking cessation and discussed the relationship between smoking and ulcerative colitis. Smoking may be associated with ulcerative colitis developed in middle aged person.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan. rakashii@minf.med.fukuoka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: Sadahiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Funakoshi
authors.forename: Chifumi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nimura
authors.forename: Shotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakisaka
mesh_terms: D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016540:Smoking Cessation